Beaver Valley Patterson Dam
Hydro power plant · Beaver County, Pennsylvania
Details
- Primary fuel
- Hydro
- Technology
- Conventional Hydroelectric
- Operator
- Central Rivers Power US, LLC
- County
- Beaver County
- Generating units
- 3
- Share of state capacity
- 0.00%
- Rank among hydro plants in Pennsylvania
- #19 of 19
- EIA plant code
- 10546
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GEN1 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 0.4 MW | 0.4 MW | 1982 | Out of service and NOT expected to return to service in next calendar year |
| GEN2 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 0.4 MW | 0.4 MW | 1982 | Operating |
| GEN3 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 0.4 MW | 0.4 MW | 1982 | Operating |
Nameplate is the maximum rated output; summer capacity is what the unit can reliably deliver on a hot day, which is typically lower.
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About this data
From EIA’s inventory of operable generators, May 2026 release. Capacity is nameplate — the maximum rated output of the equipment, not what the plant actually generates over a year, which depends on how often it runs. A 1.2 MW solar plant and a 1.2 MW nuclear plant have the same entry here and produce very different amounts of electricity.
“In service since” is the earliest in-service date among the units still listed, so a site rebuilt around newer equipment can read as younger than the site itself. All Pennsylvania power plants · What Pennsylvania actually generates